Thriving in Medicine
About Us
Dr Jo Sinclair
Jo is an Anaesthetist with a career-long interest in doctors’ health and wellbeing. In early 2020 she was appointed the Senior Medical Officer Wellbeing Lead at Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau, and in that role has been instrumental in bringing Schwartz Rounds to the organisation, and developing a Stress First Aid training programme. She is the hospital lead for the Heath Roundtable Workforce Wellbeing Improvement Group. In 2022, Jo was seconded into the role of Interim National Lead for Employee Wellbeing for Te Whatu Ora Health NZ. She works collaboratively with colleagues in the People and Communications Team to shift organisational culture to one that supports healthcare workers to thrive at work. In 2023, she attended the Stanford Chief Wellbeing Officer Course in San Francisco to further her capability in this area. Jo has undertaken additional training in coaching and mentoring, critical incident stress management, leadership and communication. She is an Associate Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators and has been co-chair of the ANZCA Wellbeing Special Interest Group.
Dr Jo Egan
Jo Egan has a particular interest in appreciative modes of inquiry, organisational cultural development and thriving within teams and organisations. She completed her Doctorate of Health Science in 2018. Her doctoral project combined appreciative inquiry and hermeneutic phenomenology to explore thriving of healthcare workers such that it can be better understood, nurtured, valued and fostered. This work is continuing in her role as Clinical Lead for People and Culture, Waitematā DHB, Auckland, New Zealand. Jo works clinically as an Emergency Medicine doctor and is actively involved in clinical education both within WDHB and at the University of Auckland. She has also has a position at AUT, primarily involved with the Doctorate of Health Science programme.
Dr Jo Cole
Jo Cole is an emergency physician at Tauranga Hospital. She is passionate about clinician wellbeing, equity, mentorship and positive culture change within healthcare.
She has undertaken additional training in peer support, communication, mentoring and mindfulness, and is a Wellbeing Champion for ACEM and in 2019 was awarded the ACEM Wellbeing Award. Locally, she has established a series of initiatives focussed on clinician wellbeing including a departmental wellbeing multidisciplinary team, a DHB-wide SMO Welfare group, wellbeing teaching curriculum for PGY1/2's and research on SMO burnout. Central to all of this is her core belief that developing and sustaining a culture in medicine that prioritises connection and caring for ourselves and others is fundamental.
Dr Abby Baskett
Abby Baskett is a Paediatrician and breast feeding specialist is the co-founder and director of Milk & Honey Paediatrics, a holistic multi-disciplinary paediatric clinic in Central Auckland. Abby also works for the University of Auckland teaching post graduate Paediatrics and occasionally in the Children’s ED as an SMO. Prior to founding Milk & Honey Abby worked for over 15 years as an SMO in the Children’s ED at Starship. Abby has a long time interest in workplace wellbeing and was involved with the Starship Hospital Wellbeing steering group and other wellbeing initiatives in the Auckland DHB. Abby is also interested in ways to improve communication, especially within workplace teams and has undertaken training in Non Violent Communication and several other communication models. Outside of medicine Abby is a dedicated student of yoga, meditation and mindful self compassion.
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